John Sergeant's exit another BBC stumble

November 20, 2008 While members of the BBC Trust were holed up in meetings trying to sort out the aftermath of the Russell Brand affair, headlines across the U.K. on Thursday were dominated by a fresh media storm over the departure of former BBC political correspondent John Sergeant from Saturday night primetime show "Strictly Come Dancing." Brits might be headed for the worst recession in 25 years, but the news that the bumbling former BBC and ITV political reporter had quit the show dominated almost all the front pages of newspapers here. Slammed as "a pig in Cuban heels" by the show's judges, who also described his dancing as "more ha ha ha than cha cha cha," Sergeant's decision to quit turned into an unexpected headline story.

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